Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such office, Nashville
Weather: Low 60s and spring buds high and low
Some recent reading has caused me to think a lot about the role of character in our writing. The time-honored rule in …
Age and Page 1
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Office, Nashville
Weather: 61 and rainy
This business of standards of decency for children’s books is one that keeps me thinking. I understand the difficulty of making rules for what words and scenes …
Reality Check
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Office, Nashville
Weather: 58 and dreary–just like Santa Rosa
I’m down to the nitty gritty–how do I, as an agent representing authors who write for children and tweens, evaluate manuscripts in the current …
Personal Book Selection
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Flying cross country
Weather: Breezy
We may be fairly agreed on what constitutes appropriate reading for children of various age levels, but the whole business of what we adults find offensive is another matter. It probably …
Who's to Choose?
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Colorado Springs
Weather: Hot and cold–we’re in Colorado
I am incensed by an article in School Library Journal in early February entitled “A Dirty Little Secret.” The author Debra Whelan is trying to make the case …
Rest Is Reading–Or Vice Versa
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Kensington, Maryland
Weather: Freezing day and night
I’ve pursued the question of “What is rest” as I’ve traveled from Tennessee to Virginia to Maryland, and my observations are as wide-ranging as the miles I’ve covered. I …
Rest–Back to Childhood
Blogger:Etta Wilson
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Weather: 45 and sunny
I’m back at the seminary where my husband and I started our marriage. Serendipitously, we were given a room in the same building where we lived the first two years in …
A "Restful" Quiz
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such office, Nashville
Weather: Finally up from freezing
My new Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary lists one definition for the noun “rest” as “freedom from activity or labor.” That’s what I had in mind at the …
Dividing Time Between Work and Rest
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville office
Weather: 35 degrees, sunny
The other day I heard a commentary with a biblical perspective on time and our use of it. In Genesis 1 we hear over and over in …